Federal Judge Blocks ATF From Arresting Millions Of Pistol Brace Owners
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Millions of law-abiding gun owners who were turned into criminals overnight under the Biden administration’s new pistol brace ban have temporary relief after a federal judge in Texas issued a nationwide injunction preventing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives from enforcing it. U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ruled on Wednesday […]
REPORT: Group Demands That ATF Seize Congresswoman’s Guns Citing Illegal Drug Allegations
Left-wing activist groups have accused Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of using illegal drugs and are calling on authorities to confiscate her firearms. American Muckrakers letter On June 23, he called on several federal and state officials, including ATF Director Steven Dettelbach and Colorado Attorney General Philip J. Weiser, to take action against the lawmakers. […]
Supreme Court Declares ATF Ban on Bump Stocks Illegal
WASHINGTON, DC – The Supreme Court has ruled that federal agencies’ bans on bump stocks violate federal law because attaching a bump stock to a rifle does not turn it into a machine gun. held on friday. “Congress has long restricted access to ‘machine guns,’ a category of firearms that have the ability to ‘fire […]
ATF Assn. Admitted Rifles with Bump Stocks Not Machine Guns
On October 12, 2017, the ATF Association sent a letter to lawmakers informing them that the ATF approved bump stocks because they do not turn semi-automatic rifles into machine guns. The letter was dated 11 days after a man went on a mass shooting in Las Vegas with multiple rifles, at least some of which […]
‘It’s Very Clear’: Biden’s ATF Director Gets Flustered After Chip Roy Grills Him On Background Check Rule
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Director Steve Dettelbach was unable to answer questions about a background check rule enacted by the Biden administration during a Thursday hearing. Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas pressed Dettelbach about the rule during a Thursday hearing of the House Judiciary Committee titled “Oversight of the Bureau […]
Federal Judge Blocks Biden ATF Rule Expanding Gun Background Checks
A federal judge on Sunday night temporarily blocked background check rules issued by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Attorney General Merrick Garland on April 10 announced rules covering background checks for firearm purchases, building on bipartisan legislation passed in the wake of the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting. He claimed thatMatthew J. […]
Republican AGs File Suit Against Biden’s ATF Over Background Check Rule
Republican Attorneys General Ken Paxton of Texas and Kris Kobach of Kansas announced two related lawsuits against a background check rule imposed by the Biden administration on Wednesday. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives published the rule on April 10, greatly expanding the reach of background checks in firearms sales. Paxton announced the […]
ATF Rule Requires Smugglers to Get NICS Checks on Gun Sales
ATF’s background check rules change the definition of the word “dealer” to include people who smuggle guns into other countries for the purpose of selling them, giving smugglers access to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). is required. Breitbart News reported that the ATF released the proposed rule on August 31, 2023. The […]
ATF Rule Requires NICS Background Check When ‘Bartering’ For Gun
ATF’s background check rules redefine the word “sale” and require private sellers who receive services or barter in exchange for guns to use the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). Breitbart News reported that the ATF released the proposed rule on August 31, 2023. The rule would redefine what it means to be “in […]
Gun groups slam Biden admin over new ATF rule: ‘Weaponizing every tool’
Second Amendment advocates are slamming new rules from the Biden administration that will require thousands of additional gun dealers across the country to conduct background checks on buyers outside of gun shows and brick-and-mortar stores. This rule means that tens of thousands of guns are sold each year by unlicensed dealers who do not conduct […]